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ROLLER COTTON PRESS. No. 366,943. Pai lted July 19, 1887.

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ROLLER COTTON PRESS.

No. 366,943. Patented July 19, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EFrcE.

HENRY A. EVANS, OF MARSHALL, TEXAS.

ROLLER COTTON-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,943, dated July 19, 1887.

Serial No.2i9,32l. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern."

Be it known that I, HENRY A. EVANS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marshall, in the county of Harrison and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roller OottonPresses; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a. part of this specification.

My invention relates to machines for corn pressing cotton and other similar material into the form of cylindrical bales; and the object of my invention is to provide a machine which shalltake cotton directly from the gin and compress it with a continuous action into the form of a roll or cylinder having a longitudinal opening through its center, whereby the contents of the bale may be readily examined and sampled; also,in aproduct consisting of a tubular compressed cotton-bale.

In order that my invention maybe fully understood,I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, with the cover or upper portion of the ma chine in raised position. Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional views of the machine, respectively on the lines 3 3 and 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail View of the device for securing the two parts of the machine in closed position. Figs. 6 and 7 are detached views of the central roll, showing details of its construction.

Referring to the said drawings, A A designate the two frames which form the ends of the base of the machine, and B B designate the two frames which form the ends of the upper portion or cover of the same, the frames B B being hinged, as shown at O G, to the frames A A, and said frames B B being so formed as to extend down upon the frames A A, so as to form apractieally united structure when the top is let down upon the baseframe.

(2 d designate perforated ears or 1ugs,which are formed, respectively, upon the frame-sections A A B B, and which are designed to re ceive the arms 0 e of a bar, E, for holding the free ends of the sections B B when brought down upon the sections A A, as shown in Fig. 2.

The frame-sections A A and B B are of hollow form, being provided, respectively, with face-plates F F, rcmovabl y secured thereto by bolts f, and within said frame-sections are mounted a number of rollers, G, arranged around the center of the frame, as shown. These rollers G are provided at their ends with sliding journal-boxes g, and are pressed toward the center of the frame by coiled springs 9, said journal-boxes and springs be ing located within the frame-sections A A B B, and the ends of said rollers being arranged to move in radial slots II, which are formed in said frame-sections, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The rollers G- are arranged in two or more series,successive1y receding from the center of the casing, and at the central point of said casing is mounted a cylinder or roll, I, as shown. Upon the ends of the roll I are keyed removable gear-wheels J, the teeth of which mesh with smaller gear-whccls,l, upon a driving-shaft, L, which also carries a driving-belt pulley, l, and which is mounted horizontally in the lower part of one side of the frame-sections A A.

From the above description it will be seen that the cotton will be fed directly from the gin into the machine at the point markedw in Fig. 3, and that it will be received upon the central roller, I, and wound thereon. As the winding action progresses, the successive series of rolls G will press upon the increasing bulk of material, then recede and. give place to the more remote rolls, so that a powerful and'uniform pressure will be exerted by said rolls. When the mass of cotton is pressed,the bagging andties are inserted and properly secured, after which the bale, together with the central roll, I, is removed, and said roll is withdrawn from the bale and replaced in the machine in readiness for another pressing operation. The bale when thus removed will have a central longitudinal opening,by means of which the contents of the bale may be read ily inspected,and fro m which samples may be readily removed.

By virtue of this construction the presence of lint is entirely avoided and the baling op- ICO eration is greatly expedited,while a perfectly hard bale of easily portable form is produced. In order to facilitate the removal of the shaft orroll I from the bale, the said shaft is provided surfaces of the sections i, and serve to hold the cotton'during the process of winding.

It will be observed from the above description that I produce a compressed bale of cotton of a cylindrical form, taking" the sliver directly from the gin and winding it in a convolute manner, leaving'a central hole through the bale and condensing the sliver in the act of winding it.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the divided casing and its perforated lugs, of the bar E, with its arms 6 e,- substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 0 presence of two witnesses.

HENRY A. EVANS.

Witnesses:

JNo. B. CARTER, J. P. ALFORD. 

